Tomsk Polytechnic University

Tomsk Polytechnic University is one of the oldest technical universities in the Asian part of Russia.

It was founded in 1896, and it was opened only in 1900.

The university was originally called the Institute of Technology. In 1923, it was renamed the Siberian Technological Institute (STU). In 1930, five institutes were divided: three of them remained in Tomsk, and the remaining two were transferred to Novosibirsk and Novokuznetsk. Later, three Tomsk institutes were merged into a single Siberian Industrial Institute - a few years later it became the proud name of the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute.

Nowadays, TPU is a real university campus. The total area of its laboratories and educational buildings is 260,000 square meters, 14 student dormitories, a modern scientific and technical library and 4200 computers.

More than ten faculties, 8 educational institutes, 3 research institutes and 100 departments are part of the university. On the basis of TPU successfully operate as many as 12 centers for collective use.